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Advanced Engineering Degrees Accelerate Career Trajectory

May 12, 2021 Matt Baron mechanical, Tariq Shamim

Engineering can advance their careers and position themselves as experts in their fields by obtaining an M.S. or Ph.D. in a field such as mechanical

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Mechanical engineering professor, students contributed to Fermilab experiment

April 23, 2021 Matt Baron Faculty, innovation, mechanical, Nicholas Pohlman, Research

Mechanical Engineering Professor Nicholas Pohlman and his students of recent years can take more than a little pride in their contributions to the latest landmark

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Microscope grant expands research in engineering

October 23, 2020 Matt Baron Biomedical, Faculty, innovation, John Shelton, mechanical, Mohammad Moghimi, Peterson, Research, Venu Korampally

A microscope that can capture multiple two-dimensional images at different depths and allows users to convert images into three-dimensional high-resolution images might not be the

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Senior Design Stories: Monitoring Tree Health by Drone

November 1, 2019 Matt Baron innovation, mechanical, Research, Senior Design, Students

Senior Design Team 14 partnered with sponsor The Morton Arboretum in the 2020 Senior Design Program to devise a way to more efficiently monitor the

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NIU's Supermileage team

Involvement: an important part of education

October 18, 2019 Matt Baron mechanical, student organizations, Students, Supermileage

What’s the biggest of advice that we hear from alumni? “Get as much real-world experience as you can while you’re a student,” said Carl Modesette,

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Renewable energy class visits Byron Nuclear Generating Station

October 11, 2019 Matt Baron mechanical, Nicholas Pohlman, Uncategorized

This week our MEE454/554 Alternative and Renewable Energy class visited the Byron Generating Station’s Community Open House on Monday, Oct. 7. They observed a carbon-neutral

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Taking Flight: Young alum rises up in job at Lockheed Martin

May 1, 2018 jzelazny Alumni, mechanical

Many NIU alumni build their careers in the Chicago area, but 2017 alumnus Hugo Delabarrera is paving his path in Palmdale, California. Before he graduated

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‘I discovered potential I didn’t know I had’

May 1, 2018 jzelazny mechanical, NIU@RVC

Gunnar Verace was drawn to the NIU Engineering @ RVC programbecause of the program’s emphasis on internships. With his freshman year under his belt, the

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‘Iron Man’ inspires alumni favorite at Senior Design Day

December 14, 2017 jzelazny Biomedical, mechanical, Research, Senior Design, Students

The SHELL team, from left, Ferbert, Rivera, Meyer, Chwistek and Adejinle In a surprise upset at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s fall Senior

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Young alum shaping standards for the additive manufacturing industry

November 27, 2017 jzelazny Alumni, Manufacturing, mechanical

Justin Whiting works in NIU’s Advanced Researchin Materials and Manufacturing lab in 2015, when hewas pursuing his master’s degree. NIU alumnus Justin Whiting is helping to

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